In about 1863, Tissot suddenly shifted his focus from the medieval style to the depiction of modern life through portraits. After Tissot had first exhibited at the Salon and before he had been awarded a medal, the French government paid 5,000 francs for his depiction of The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite in 1860, with the painting being exhibited at the Salon the following year, together with a portrait and other paintings. Other influences include the works of the German painters Peter von Cornelius and Moritz Retzsch. These works show the influence in his work of the Belgian painter Henri Leys ( Jan August Hendrik Leys), whom Tissot had met in Antwerp earlier that same year. He showed five paintings of scenes from the Middle Ages, many depicting scenes from Goethe's Faust. In 1859, Tissot exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time. Around this time, Tissot also made the acquaintance of the American James McNeill Whistler, and French painters Edgar Degas (who had also been a student of Lamothe and a friend of Delaunay), and Édouard Manet. Lamothe provided the majority of Tissot's studio education, and the young artist studied on his own by copying works at the Louvre, as did most other artists of the time in their early years. Both were successful Lyonnaise painters who moved to Paris to study under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. While staying with a friend of his mother, painter Jules-Élie Delaunay, Tissot enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts to study in the studios of Hippolyte Flandrin and Louis Lamothe. In 1856 or 1857, Tissot travelled to Paris to pursue an education in art. The Circle of the Rue Royale, a scene in Paris seen from the balcony of the Hôtel de Coislin overlooking the Place de la Concorde, 1868 By 1854 he was commonly known as James Tissot he may have adopted it because of his increasing interest in everything English. Around this time, he began using the given name of James. His father opposed this, preferring his son to follow a business profession, but the young Tissot gained his mother's support for his chosen vocation. By the time Tissot was 17, he knew he wanted to pursue painting as a career. The involvement of his parents in the fashion industry is believed to have been an influence on his painting style, as he depicted women's clothing in fine detail. Tissot's youth spent in Nantes likely contributed to his frequent depiction of shipping vessels and boats in his later works. A devout Catholic, Tissot's mother instilled pious devotion in the future artist from a very young age. His mother, Marie Durand, assisted her husband in the family business and designed hats. His father, Marcel Théodore Tissot, was a successful drapery merchant. Jacques Tissot was born in the city of Nantes in France and spent his early childhood there. A friend and mentor of the Impressionist painter Edgar Degas, Tissot also painted scenes and figures from the Bible. He was a successful painter of fashionable, modern scenes and society life in Paris before moving to London in 1871. Jacques Joseph Tissot ( French: 15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), anglicized as James Tissot ( / ˈ t ɪ s oʊ/), was a French painter and illustrator.
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